What is the best mac and cheese at a fast food chicken chain?

Baked tops with a crisp cheese crust face off against soft, saucy cups straight from the warmer. Every one of these is the side that rides along with a bucket, a box or a plate of chicken.

1. 1
   Popeyes Homestyle Mac & Cheese

   Popeyes' baked mac made with butter and cheddar and topped with more shredded cheddar, launched nationwide in November 2021.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Church's Texas Chicken Baked Mac & Cheese

   A side at Church's Texas Chicken, topped with cheddar and baked to a golden crust.
   668pts
3. 3
   Chick-fil-A Mac & Cheese

   Macaroni in a blend of Parmesan, Cheddar and Romano, baked in each restaurant for a crispy cheese top, added to Chick-fil-A's permanent menu nationwide on August 12, 2019.
   652pts
4. 4
   KFC Mac & Cheese

   A classic KFC side of elbow macaroni in a creamy cheese sauce, which the chain also used as the base of its limited-run Mac & Cheese Bowls.
   565pts
5. 5
   Bojangles Mac 'n Cheese

   A year-round side at Bojangles, the chicken-and-biscuits chain founded in Charlotte in 1977, sold in individual and larger family sizes.
   565pts
6. 6
   Dave's Hot Chicken Mac & Cheese

   One of the few sides at Dave's Hot Chicken, the Nashville-style hot chicken chain that started as a Los Angeles parking-lot pop-up in 2017.
   462pts
7. 7
   Slim Chickens Mac & Cheese

   The creamy mac and cheese side at Slim Chickens, which the Arkansas chain also uses as the base of its Tender Mac & Cheese Bowls.
   0pts
8. 8
   Boston Market Mac & Cheese

   Spiral rotini pasta in a creamy cheddar sauce, a longtime side at the rotisserie-chicken chain Boston Market.
   0pts

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